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Contradicts democrats suspicions the blocked number was that of then candidate donald trump. in a tweet he alluded to the faulty coverage calling it really sad. as you can imagine thats his way of saying they blew it again. sandra. >> sandra: kevin corke. as the snow falls there. chilly d.c. morning outside the white house. thank you. >> jon: lets bring in katie pavlich editor for town hall.com and fox news contributor. good to see you. weve got nancy pelosi saying no money for any wall, any fen...

Through these kind of personal problems, as well as larger economic crisis that spills out from it. so this is what the president wanted. i dont think anybody who supported him could claim to be surprised at this point. of course, looming over all of this is put aside the fact that mexico was supposed to pay for this wall. looming over all of this is why during the last two years there was unified republican control, why wasnt he going on television? why wasnt he offering these kind of deals? wh...

Tweets are coming fast and furious. wow, he writes. just heard my poll numbers with hispanics have gone up 19 to 50%. they know border security better than anyone. >> that is ridiculous. i dont know who he is polling but not in my district. by the way, there is eight congressional members that represent border districts. all against the wall. it would stranger economics. south texas, arizona. they would be devastated with this wall. >> im sure you heard from the president had to say in that 13 m...

The images of the kids. the fact of the matter is its been the trump administration releasing these photos to begin with because there are no photographs allowed in these centers. i think that its really ironic how much trump supporters are rallying around the president on this since hes framed the whole issue within national security terms. but the fact of the matter is, hes now ordered his attorney general to this zero tolerance immigration policy. when you talk to public defenders in these bo...

Had people who were trying to track down officers and money laundering or serious federal offenses and you had to go from 70 of these a day to 350 and what it would mean for your office in terms of the resources? >> you would have to reassign prosecutors from other units in the office to focusing on this. just to put it in perspective. in a given year the department of justice prospects about 70,000 case f. the deputy is going to continue to prosecute every illegal entry case there would be will...

A relatively -- crime of much lesser weight than, say, trafficking drugs into the united states or someone who illegally re-enters for the second or third time and has serious criminal history. this is really the palest of the immigration crimes. >> how is what the trump administration is doing, policywise, different than what bush and obama did? >> it removes discretion from federal prosecutors in those border districts, forcing them to prosecute every single one of these unlawful entries into ...

>> joining me now bill crystal and stephanie cutter. welcome both. stephanie, you have seen this movie before, but it was 2009 and it was town halls in the summer of 2009, democrats getting attacked everywhere they went over obama care. >> it is true. and the ironic thing is we were looking to expand care, not restrict it. you know republicans are basically hiding out in their offices and not going because they know what they will face. it is so bad that now democrats that were in border distric...

>> its not just democrats. a lot of republicans do not want to fund this wall . its expensive. they dont believe that it works. none of the congressmen who represent border districts believe its something they even want in their district. so what is the con tet wstituen this wall? its a promise but its not one that youre going to need republicans and maybe a few democrats to get you over the finish line its just not going to happen. >> you also dont toss a grenade at the last minute when youre f...

Elizabeth warren and progressives on the hill will be furious about this. the president will try to do things on obama care and the wall. those from border districts in texas and arizona. and a hudson valley in new york who at a retreat a few weeks ago said we could not go after planned parenthood. it will create thousands of new donors. it is those types of house republicans in swing districts that will be a problem for the president in all sorts of ways. it will be, those are the type of peopl...

>> yes. my new call sign. >> what do you think about the voters in your district want you to do? do they want you to work with president obama? >> my district is diverse and i think it represents america. yeah, 50% of the people didnt vote for me. what i was hearing through the course of the almost three years campaigning, was people want congress to work for them. their focus areas from southern arizona are the economy and security. those are really the two main issues. democrats, business owne...